Jake Langston profile picture

Jake Langston

Where are you going summer? Come back!

About Me

I married the woman of my dreams and have two awesome children (when they behave). I was once a musician, but my career in music got in the way. I'm hoping that will change very soon. I've the itch again, and I'm trying to make time. But then again... I've been trying to make time for the past eight years.

My Interests

Music, boats, WWII history, vintage racecars, drums, old school synthesizers, and my wonderfully silly family.

I'd like to meet:

Any friends I haven't seen in a while. Roger Waters and David Gilmour at the same time on stage.

Music:

Pink Floyd, Wilco, older Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Sunny Day Real Estate, Flaming Lips, Pavement, Land Camera, and others

Movies:

Lord of the Rings Trilogy, 1st 3 Star Wars, 1st 3 Indiana Jones, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Saving Private Ryan, Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Amelie, Matrix, Spinal Tap, Sin City, Memento, MP's Holy Grail, Shawshank Redemption, any Terry Gilliam, others

Television:

Sopranos, Lost, Seinfeld, Entorage, and just about everything on the History Channel.

Books:

Does TapeOp count as a book? The Dangerous Book for Boys.

Heroes:

Winston Churchill

My Blog

Winston Churchill was the man!

I've always had great respect for Winston Churchill.  Certainly one of the greatest leaders of all time.  He was very opinionated and outspoken, and in the midst of a seemingly unwinnable wa...
Posted by Jake Langston on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:53:00 PST

Hand Grenade - whatever!

Oh, good grief.  Some kid in Boston took an old WWII (that’s short for World War II, not a Wii game machine) grenade that was inert to school for show and tell and it makes national news.&n...
Posted by Jake Langston on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:28:00 PST

The Dangerous Book for Boys

If you have a son, or a tomboy daughter for that matter, you need this book.  It’s called "The Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn and Hal Iggulden.  www.dangerousbookforboys.com Check o...
Posted by Jake Langston on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:17:00 PST

Boat trip

Sarah and I bought a boat (and traded them ours) on Lake Pickwick and we just got back from our two and a half day boat trip from Iuka, MS to Chattanooga, TN.  We had a blast! ...
Posted by Jake Langston on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:08:00 PST

Financial Class in High Schools

I just found out on Monday that Tennessee is going to start requiring students to pass a financial course to graduate high school.  It'll be a semester long class to cover topics like balancing a...
Posted by Jake Langston on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:49:00 PST

Ok... Time told.

Ha!
Posted by Jake Langston on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:04:00 PST

Hopefully, I'll keep up with it

I've started about five blogs, and have yet to keep up with even one of them.   I guess time will tell.
Posted by Jake Langston on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:08:00 PST